We are saved by faith in Christ
through His grace. Our hope is not in a future
millennium, nor an end of all things, nor a rapture,but in Christ Himself.
Here is the only
site exploring the doctrineof a first century visible return of Christ.

I. Jesus said He would return a
second time in their
own generation.

III. Before "assuming" Jesus will return
in our future,
why not explore a possible return in His own generation?

IV. PROPHECY PARADOX: The Case
for a First Century
End Time is the only book proposing a sound case for both a
physical
and visible return of Christ in the first century.

I. Jesus said He would return a
second time in
their own generation.

The origin of future prophecy is found in the Olivet
discourse: When
some disciples commented on the beauty of the temple building, Jesus
said
it would all be torn down. Then they asked when these things would
happen,
and what would be the signs of His coming and the end of the AGE.
(Mt.24,
Mk.13, Lk.21). Jesus told the Apostles in the first century the signs
they
would see before He would return at the end of the AGE. He said some of
them standing there would live to see Him come in His kingdom.
(Mt.10:23;
16:27,28) Confirming this, Jesus said their generation would not pass
away
until all those things took place. (Mt.24:34, Lk.21:32)

Nearly 2000 years later, why do we assume Jesus will
return in our generation,
when He specifically said He would return in their generation? Answer:
We assume all signs have not yet happened, and Jesus did not return in
their generation. Why? We assume, if all this happened, our history
books
would tell the story. How do we justify the "end time" and second
coming
in our generation"? The Gap Theory (Sometimes called "Telescopic Time
Compression")was
invented to create a gap of thousands of years between signs. Does this
make sense? No!

III. Before "assuming" Jesus will
return in our future,
why not explore a possible return in His own generation?

Interpretation of future prophecy today is based on
those "things to
come" which Jesus described as the signs of His coming and the end of
the
AGE. If all the signs can be shown to have accurately come to pass in
the
generation of the Apostles, why must we insist upon a time gap in this
discourse, when Jesus did not indicate a time gap? According to the
disciples,
they were living in the last days and were waiting for the second
coming
of Jesus Christ which they expected in their lifetime (A
Christian Dilemma). How can we, almost 2000 years later, be so sure
the Lord Jesus Christ did not return in the first century and gather
His
elect?

Have you ever explored the possibility that Jesus meant
exactly what
He seemed to say? Maybe He did return in the generation of the
Apostles.
Have you ever explored all the signs to see if they really did happen
in
the generation of the Apostles? Have you ever taken the time to explore
translations of first century authors? Now you can in a simple and fun
way. Read excerpts from Roman, Greek and biblical history; and for a
moment,
walk in the shoes of first century folks. See the world from their
point
of view, whether Roman, Greek, Jew, Gentile or Christian. We can't
expect
to know all history nearly 2000 years ago, but we can piece the stories
together.

IV. PROPHECY PARADOX: The
Case for a First
Century End Time is the only book proposing a sound case for both a
physical and visible return of Christ in the first century.

PROPHECY PARADOX: The Case for a First Century End
Time is a
carefully documented book which shows that all those things happened,
historically,
to those people nearly 2000 years ago in their generation. The "end
time"
was therefore future to them, but past to us. This book is supported by
extant Greek and Roman history in conjunction with biblical history.
Sources
for this book include
The Life and Works of Josephus, a history
of Rome by Dio Cassius, the Dead Sea Scrolls and many others. This book
is unique in that the final climax is set in A.D.79 rather than A.D.70.
An event in A.D.79, witnessed by the entire known world at that time,
provides
a natural setting for the calamitous events heralding Christ's second
coming.
That event was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Although the first Christians were not informed of the
day and hour
of the Lord's return, Jesus provided a time frame for His second
coming.
See A
Christian
Dilemma: time statements for a partial list of these time
statements.

A Visible
Second Coming provides a list of New Testament verses which shows
consistent
biblical intent that first century Christians would live to see both a
literal and visible return of Christ to gather His elect.

Creative
Christianity: New evidence is turning up that Jesus did indeed
return
for His elect, in power and glory during the first century. In our
attempt
to place the second coming of our Lord in OUR future, rather than the
generation
of the Apostles, are we creatively altering the Bible to suit our own
preference?